The managing director and chief executive officer of Engineering Automation Technology Limited Dr Emmanuel Okon, has signed a partnership agreement with Emerson Automation Solutions Limited to improve automation and controls solutions in the oil and gas industry.
Unveiling the deal at the Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) Energy Week 2023 held in Abuja recently, Okon said with the signing of the partnership, his company will serve as the sole local business partner for Emerson Energy and Transportation Systems business in Nigeria.
Okon who described Emerson as the leading automation firm globally also said part of the solutions to be undertaken on behalf of the firm would be accurate metering and measurement of crude oil and gas production in Nigeria for operators with attendant checks on fraudulent activities in the industry.
He further stated that the partnership will expand Engineering Automation’s scope of activities with their current and future clients in the oil and gas sector with a corresponding increase in human capacity development in Nigeria.
“The partnership shall enhance SCADA systems, flow computers, metering, pipeline monitoring solutions, terminal automation solutions and wellhead monitoring businesses to international and local oil companies including marginal field operators due to the fact that the partnership will enable Engineering Automation Technology Limited market, distribute, install, provide spares, commission and maintain Emerson products in Nigeria,” he added.
Okon in conjunction with Emerson representatives, area director, Nigeria, Ghana and Equatorial Guinea, Chukwuma Ossaiga; director, Energy and Transportation Systems, Mouritz Jankowitz; and business development manager, Mike Jewkes, took visitors around the joint exhibition booth at the NOG conference.
He charged the operators to take advantage of the partnership between Engineering Automation and Emerson Solutions to optimise their production by ensuring their production processes are fully automated for cost optimisation.
Okon expressed appreciation to the leadership of the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Nigeria Midstream Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and NNPC Upstream Investment Services (NUIS) for effective regulation and investment that have made the partnership possible.
